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what the hell do you think a $1 trillion deficit is? once people wake up as to what is really coming, they will savage us and the commission. do not think these interest groups are not whoring it out right now. >> we came from the witness protection program. [laughter] >> it is tough to tell people what is going on when you have a presidential debate and during the course of that, no one asked anybody what they were going to do about the long-term solvency and social security for 75 years. if you do nothing, which is the glorious recommendation of the aarp and other senior groups, that in the year 2031, you will waddle up to the window and get a check for 25% less. who is goofy enough to let that happen? plenty of people. you have never heard a single question, what will you do with a $16 trillion debt? a question i thought was rather significant. >> the word fiscal cliff was never mentioned by candidates or one of the moderators in the debates. every day, we have a countdown. we already elected the guy. it has to be dealt with on its o
what the hell do you think a $1 trillion deficit is? once people wake up as to what is really coming, they will savage us and the commission. do not think these interest groups are not whoring it out right now. >> we came from the witness protection program. [laughter] >> it is tough to tell people what is going on when you have a presidential debate and during the course of that, no one asked anybody what they were going to do about the long-term solvency and social security for 75...
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by twenty twenty in order to get the money how is that possible if the deficit only continues to grow out ever going to make the middle you think well i think you kind of answering your own question there kevin because if you have a kind of the policy that keeps kind of a growing economy leading the deficit took a lot of course there's no way. it will ever go down you don't really need an economist to tell you that. it's a fallacy in the entire system in an entire way that greece's. situation has been dealt with all together. i know what we said just now the world keeps true but we can't underestimate how many people are suffering in your country it's a tough tough time of course at this time as well the i.m.f. i don't you saw the story a state mistakenly sent out a letter to athens didn't it demanding more job cuts after greece already agreed to thousands of layoffs previously is a mistake but was saying anyway how can such a respectable organization make such a huge error when we're talking about people's lifeline their jobs. exactly you tell me i mean as you sure you know in the jo
by twenty twenty in order to get the money how is that possible if the deficit only continues to grow out ever going to make the middle you think well i think you kind of answering your own question there kevin because if you have a kind of the policy that keeps kind of a growing economy leading the deficit took a lot of course there's no way. it will ever go down you don't really need an economist to tell you that. it's a fallacy in the entire system in an entire way that greece's. situation...
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be a modest reduction in the rate of increase in spending such the we will have a $1 trillion plus deficit next year. more of the same. lou: as always. >> thank you. lou: up next to illegal immigrants wants new privileges because, i hate to tell you, it looks like pandering is contagious. imagine that. and forget susan rice. not the plot -- the biggest problem with this administration we will demonstrate to you the gaping holes in the benghazi time line and some extraordinary coincidences in the patraeus time line in the "chalk talk"e e next. fotheir annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their ddy t sacked by blackouts. but it our tradition! that's roughg the card holder. but with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight, anytime. the scoreboard doesn't lie. what's in your wallet? hut! i have me on my fantasy team. now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personaattention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care profess
be a modest reduction in the rate of increase in spending such the we will have a $1 trillion plus deficit next year. more of the same. lou: as always. >> thank you. lou: up next to illegal immigrants wants new privileges because, i hate to tell you, it looks like pandering is contagious. imagine that. and forget susan rice. not the plot -- the biggest problem with this administration we will demonstrate to you the gaping holes in the benghazi time line and some extraordinary coincidences...
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now we're facing debt and deficit. on the question of labour supply and investment of savings, it is hard to know what the rates would have been. but in general, tax rates to increase porges station in the labour market, particularly for women. there is every -- very strong evidence that lower tax rates make people save more prepared host: did it create jobs? guest: the tax policy itself does not create jobs. employers create jobs. there was a recession and at the bush administration in the beginning and one at the end. that continued into the obama administration. jobs come and go. at the moment, we have a significant job deficit. but i think if we look not just at the bush tax cuts in isolation, but the tax policy over the history of the united states and in other countries, we see the lower chart -- lower tax rates do contribute to getting jobs. host: ethan pollack, as did the bush tax cuts work? guest: they did work in the sense that they cost a lot of money and reduced surpluses. 80% of the debt added during the t
now we're facing debt and deficit. on the question of labour supply and investment of savings, it is hard to know what the rates would have been. but in general, tax rates to increase porges station in the labour market, particularly for women. there is every -- very strong evidence that lower tax rates make people save more prepared host: did it create jobs? guest: the tax policy itself does not create jobs. employers create jobs. there was a recession and at the bush administration in the...
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will be a modest reduction in the rate of increase in spending such the we will have a $1 trillion plu deficit next year. more of the same. lou: as always. >> thank you. lou: up next to illegal immigrants wants new privileges because, i hate to tell you, it looks like pandering contagious. imagine that. and forget susan rice. not the plot -- the biggest problem with this administration we will demonstrate to you the gaping holes in the benghazi time line and some xtraordinary coincidencesn the patraeus ♪ lou: benghazi, a lot of people are forgetting, pushing in out out of their mind or some organizationdon't pay attention. we will take extra time to refresh ourselves on the timeline of a cover-up. it began september 111 hour before 9:40 p.m. private securityyin benghazi in first calls for assistance came made calls on cellphones and in at precisely that time. at 11:00 p.m., unarmed drone drone arrivedo provide real-time intelligence to tripoli and washington broke 12 '07 a.m., the 12th they announced that she react claimed responsibility for the benghazi attack with devours tthey knew they h
will be a modest reduction in the rate of increase in spending such the we will have a $1 trillion plu deficit next year. more of the same. lou: as always. >> thank you. lou: up next to illegal immigrants wants new privileges because, i hate to tell you, it looks like pandering contagious. imagine that. and forget susan rice. not the plot -- the biggest problem with this administration we will demonstrate to you the gaping holes in the benghazi time line and some xtraordinary...
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especially in gop support for a deficit deal. as negotiations continue over the fiscal cliff, we go back to august 2011. reviewing some of the debate and news conferences, the budget control act created those cuts set to take effect in january. that begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. >> you listen to maitre bloomberg who said that the damage was unprecedented. that it may be the worst storm the city has ever faced. governor christie said the damage in new jersey was unthinkable. we had a fires. we had hurricane-force winds. we had massive of flooding. we had feet of snow. you look at that, the flooding of the subway systems, the shutdown of the stock exchange, you start to get a sense of the massive scale and scope of this storm. and yet, the networks performed. carry dozens of stories about how many consumers only wink to information was through their smartphones. linking social media and their smartphone. while there was obviously an impact, i think the networks performed really well. >> some networks did well, some
especially in gop support for a deficit deal. as negotiations continue over the fiscal cliff, we go back to august 2011. reviewing some of the debate and news conferences, the budget control act created those cuts set to take effect in january. that begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. >> you listen to maitre bloomberg who said that the damage was unprecedented. that it may be the worst storm the city has ever faced. governor christie said the damage in new jersey was...
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if you think about it i would argue that the inability of the government to fix this borrowing debt deficit issue in the book, vice president biden's chief of staff, talking about the economic crisis in 2011, that's exactly what is going on. there is so much evidence that it is the biggest future. we are on the path becoming europe and greece. you just can't keep borrowing money. there is a stunning and fiction in this country, and we need some sort of we need some serious intervention. in the book, what i attempt to do is take people to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m. the democratic and republican leaders were trying to work out their ow
if you think about it i would argue that the inability of the government to fix this borrowing debt deficit issue in the book, vice president biden's chief of staff, talking about the economic crisis in 2011, that's exactly what is going on. there is so much evidence that it is the biggest future. we are on the path becoming europe and greece. you just can't keep borrowing money. there is a stunning and fiction in this country, and we need some sort of we need some serious intervention. in the...
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that does not help us close the deficit gap. may be politically of fun move for someone to hang their hat on, but the deficit and an economic stadpoint, it's just is not make sense. melissa: i absolutely hear what you're saying in think there are people who agree with you. are you willing to stand that ground and not yield and go over the fiscal cliff rather than yielding on that position of marginal rates? >> kiffin important for us to solve this prblem i think with the economy flying solo and so slow, congress and the president ought not be creating turbulence right now. let's just solve this thing. let's all that the right way. melissa: i hear you. what do you do from there to avoid going over the cliff? >> i think the common ground is revenue. we know that we can balance and pay our debts and build that gdp, which is what are generating. eighteen, 18 and a half percent, @%different issue. we think we can work with the president and democrats to find a way to create new revenue, mean substantial revenue to start taxing. melis
that does not help us close the deficit gap. may be politically of fun move for someone to hang their hat on, but the deficit and an economic stadpoint, it's just is not make sense. melissa: i absolutely hear what you're saying in think there are people who agree with you. are you willing to stand that ground and not yield and go over the fiscal cliff rather than yielding on that position of marginal rates? >> kiffin important for us to solve this prblem i think with the economy flying...
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the deficit, the widest measure of trade, runs about 4% to 5% gdp now. manufacturing is about 11% of gdp. service hervey produces and exports. how the square the circle? >> thank you. with a lot of questions on the table from energy and whether we should have ambiguity on what is in the south china sea or not. indian ocean base is, human rights, and the question about borrowing from china to save china. i will start with paul. >> i will start with human- rights question first because i know it is a real strategic dilemma for nations that are engaged primarily economically with china, because there always has to be a human rights imperative. it is either the elephant in the room or is the challenge to getting into the agreements you want to be in. that the said, there are 400 or 500 million chinese living on the same per capita income as nigeria with $2 a day. that is always a real concern for the chinese and a one-party state where the military and internal security forces are also party entities. a real challenge. i want to touch on the question about o
the deficit, the widest measure of trade, runs about 4% to 5% gdp now. manufacturing is about 11% of gdp. service hervey produces and exports. how the square the circle? >> thank you. with a lot of questions on the table from energy and whether we should have ambiguity on what is in the south china sea or not. indian ocean base is, human rights, and the question about borrowing from china to save china. i will start with paul. >> i will start with human- rights question first...
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we cannot get there, get the deficit down without significant cuts in spending. >>neil: the election has consequences and you could argue that a key premise of the president's re-election was i will raise taxes on the rich and he is likely entitled to that, he will likely see that but it is all the other things they are leveraging with democrats do not touch entitlements and putting everything on table it remind me of george bush sr. he agreed to reverse the pledge oh ride -- "read my lips, no new taxes." but the democrats never offered correspondenting spend cuts. we know what happened to him. what happens to those who agree do in the republican party? >>guest: the republican party has to stand for economic growth and it has to stand for the principle that keeping tax rates low and reforming the tax system is the way to grow the economy. i disagree slightly with rand paul. i am in favor of closing loopholes. i hate them. i call them termites in the tax system but we should use that money to credit a first-class world class tax system that stops exporting jobs. w
we cannot get there, get the deficit down without significant cuts in spending. >>neil: the election has consequences and you could argue that a key premise of the president's re-election was i will raise taxes on the rich and he is likely entitled to that, he will likely see that but it is all the other things they are leveraging with democrats do not touch entitlements and putting everything on table it remind me of george bush sr. he agreed to reverse the pledge oh ride -- "read...
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this is the deficit in '09 when president obama took office and inherited the deficit from president bush. over the next three years president obama cut the deficit by $200 billion just from last year to this year, so the deficit isn't growing. it is shrinking by a lot. seriously. the folks at investors business daily calculated the deficit is now falling faster than at any time since the end of the second world war and falling so fast is might not be able to fall any faster without sending us back into recession. when president obama started, the deficit equalled 10% of the whole economy and now it equals just 7%. so go ahead, boggle your uncle's mind with this chart. the bars below zero represent years when the deficit grew. these bars above zero represent years when the deficit shrunk. we're here right now in the deficit shrunk portion of the chart. the point of the shrinking on the whole chart back to 1950. when somebody stops inevitably matering about the fiscal cliff and the sky rocketing deficit, they don't know what they're talking about and they probably don't know it is wro
this is the deficit in '09 when president obama took office and inherited the deficit from president bush. over the next three years president obama cut the deficit by $200 billion just from last year to this year, so the deficit isn't growing. it is shrinking by a lot. seriously. the folks at investors business daily calculated the deficit is now falling faster than at any time since the end of the second world war and falling so fast is might not be able to fall any faster without sending us...
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we need to be creating jobs, not trying to cut the deficit. there is a time for that. we need jobs. >> tavis, good to see you, and you have a very famous voice. you were just on -- >> well, it is not that english thing you have, though. >> obviously, mine is much more. >> and coming up, something with a memorable voice, a lottery queen herself. we'll talk powerball. she has the name millions know and love, please reveal your name to us. >> i am yolanda vega. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ and the next great idea could be yours. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hyb
we need to be creating jobs, not trying to cut the deficit. there is a time for that. we need jobs. >> tavis, good to see you, and you have a very famous voice. you were just on -- >> well, it is not that english thing you have, though. >> obviously, mine is much more. >> and coming up, something with a memorable voice, a lottery queen herself. we'll talk powerball. she has the name millions know and love, please reveal your name to us. >> i am yolanda vega. but,...
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there have been 18 debt and deficit commissions since 1980. >> so you're saying they came up with spending cuts that satisfied you, you would -- >> i would go to the clinton tax rates in a heartbeat if we got clinton's gdp spending rates. >> well, one of the things i think liberals are starting to resent also, wolf, is that we are fighting so hard over this sort of modest issue of tax cuts for the wealthy. and people are completely dismissive about how devastating really entitlement cuts in medicaid would be, cuts for daycare and teacher spending and other things. >> we can't solve the problem -- >> we're starting to feel a little ant si about as this ends up being only about tax cuts. >> we just heard from senator thune, number three republican in the senate. erick, let me goat your thought, he says punt right now. kick the ball down six months or a year, deal with entitlement reform next year in a thoughtful way. deal with tax reform thoughtful in a new senate in the new house of representatives, but just go ahead right now and avoid the fiscal cliff, keep everything as is right now for
there have been 18 debt and deficit commissions since 1980. >> so you're saying they came up with spending cuts that satisfied you, you would -- >> i would go to the clinton tax rates in a heartbeat if we got clinton's gdp spending rates. >> well, one of the things i think liberals are starting to resent also, wolf, is that we are fighting so hard over this sort of modest issue of tax cuts for the wealthy. and people are completely dismissive about how devastating really...
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. >> social security does not add one penny to the deficit. it's an important program, critical program. take care of it in the future and do it separate from the debt debate. >> i think most would agree that social security is not responsible for the deficit. clearly shouldn't be on the table for discussion. >> that might be true if lawmakers hadn't already borrowed and spent all the program surplus revenues from years past, which by law congress now has to pay back. adding to the deficit. >> the money came in. congress spent it. look here, we have money to spend. let's go ahead and spend it up. there it went. it's gone. >> social security now needs to start getting the money back again adds to the deficit. just this year alone, the social security trustees' report that "in 2012, the projected difference between social security's dedicated tax income and expenditures is $165 billion." part of the $165 billion added to the deficit, $112 billion of it is a result of the payroll tax cut that president obama pushed through, which by law congress
. >> social security does not add one penny to the deficit. it's an important program, critical program. take care of it in the future and do it separate from the debt debate. >> i think most would agree that social security is not responsible for the deficit. clearly shouldn't be on the table for discussion. >> that might be true if lawmakers hadn't already borrowed and spent all the program surplus revenues from years past, which by law congress now has to pay back. adding...
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we do have a huge budget deficit. i don't think taxes should be increased on the middle class but we have an almost record percentage of total national income going to the wealthiest 1% of americans. i don't see why they should be let off the hook. why shouldn't they pay their fair share? they are paying a lower tax rate today and effective -- >> that doesn't solve the problem. >> -- in about 80 years and it will help solve the problem because that means more revenues into government. almost everybody, everybody who has looked at this issue, common sense party people, will say that you've got to have some balance between spending cuts and tax increases, particularly on the wealthy. i don't see what the problem is. we had a tax increase on the wealthy in the clinton administration, the economy did tremendously well. we had a tax cut particularly on the wealthy in the bush administration, the george w. bush administration, and very few jobs were created and the median wage started to drop, and that ended in the great re
we do have a huge budget deficit. i don't think taxes should be increased on the middle class but we have an almost record percentage of total national income going to the wealthiest 1% of americans. i don't see why they should be let off the hook. why shouldn't they pay their fair share? they are paying a lower tax rate today and effective -- >> that doesn't solve the problem. >> -- in about 80 years and it will help solve the problem because that means more revenues into...
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us into these deficits. as the chairman just said -- social security has never contributed one penny to these deficits. why to cut the benefits of seniors on social security to pay for the misspending and bad ideas of previous congresses, i do not understand. that is what we are adamant about social security -- use it to buy down a debt created by other things? no. on medicare, if you all just take a close look at the record, a lot of democrats lost their seats because of republicans politicizing this issue. democrats have already come to the table $700 billion in savings in medicare already. we have reformed medicare through be affordable care act, and much of it is doubling to play out. $700 billion -- that is a lot. i have not seen any republicans come forward with a proposal that saves you $700 billion. we did that without having to cut any benefits for beneficiaries who earned as benefits. that was the beauty of the reforms we passed -- we found ways to extract savings, principally from waste and fraud,
us into these deficits. as the chairman just said -- social security has never contributed one penny to these deficits. why to cut the benefits of seniors on social security to pay for the misspending and bad ideas of previous congresses, i do not understand. that is what we are adamant about social security -- use it to buy down a debt created by other things? no. on medicare, if you all just take a close look at the record, a lot of democrats lost their seats because of republicans...
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without adding a dime to the deficit, by the way. in fact, if done right, tax reform will increase revenues by spurring growth, job creation and therefore bigger tax receipts. tax reform is both a fiscal and competitive necessity for our country. it has been more than 25 years since we substantially reformed the tax code. twice as long, about 50 years since we did a bottom-up review of our international tax laws. the world has changed a lot in that time period and yet america has not kept up. the underlying assumptions in our tax code are frankly out of step with the complexities of today's global economy. this is especially evident in our corporate tax code. on the domestic side of our corporate tax code, the u.s. has become the highest tax rate country among all the developed countries in the world. so canada just lowered their rate from 16.5% to 15%. our rate is 39.2% when you combine the state and federal burden. federal burden 35%. state burden closer to 5%, 6%. so right now, the average among all the developed countries in the
without adding a dime to the deficit, by the way. in fact, if done right, tax reform will increase revenues by spurring growth, job creation and therefore bigger tax receipts. tax reform is both a fiscal and competitive necessity for our country. it has been more than 25 years since we substantially reformed the tax code. twice as long, about 50 years since we did a bottom-up review of our international tax laws. the world has changed a lot in that time period and yet america has not kept up....
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i sat back and watched my country grow a huge deficit while i accumulated money that was handed to me while i had tax increases that i didn't ask for. so i want to see my class step up and do what it has the capacity to do. >> you may have a chance who knows. thank you. >> casey mulligan, thank you very much. now let's go to grover, he has never been more prominent. here is my question for you. the republican ares are taking about tax hikes. it doesn't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires. that is bill crystal weekly standard. what is your take on the verbal time bomb? >> he focuses on other issues and has said before that he would leave the republican party and join the liberal hawks if the party was pro war in the past. i don't know how he gets plural on hawks. but the party is committed to low taxes and limited government and the people who aren't there can't call themselves republicans or conserve taticon. after this elicks grover, did people want to see common ground to deal with a fiscal cliff recession or trillion deficits as far as the eye can see? i
i sat back and watched my country grow a huge deficit while i accumulated money that was handed to me while i had tax increases that i didn't ask for. so i want to see my class step up and do what it has the capacity to do. >> you may have a chance who knows. thank you. >> casey mulligan, thank you very much. now let's go to grover, he has never been more prominent. here is my question for you. the republican ares are taking about tax hikes. it doesn't kill the country if we raise...
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a lot of the other issues surrounding deficit deduction are going to be a whole lot easier. and if we get this wrong, the economy is going to go south. it's going to be much more difficult for us to balance our budgets and deal with our deficits because if the economy's not strong, that means more money's going out and things like unemployment insurance and less money is coming in in terms of tax receipts and it just actually makes our deficit worse. so we really need to get this right. i can only do it with the help of the american people. so tweet -- what was that again? my2k or e-mail, post it on a member of congress' facebook wall. do what it takes to communicate a sense of urgency. we don't have a lot of time. we have a few weeks to get this done. we could get it done tomorrow. now, optimistically i don't think we're going to get it done tomorrow. but i tell you, if everybody here goes out of their way to make their voices heard and spread the word to your friends and family and co-workers and neighbs, i am confident that we will get it done and we will put america on t
a lot of the other issues surrounding deficit deduction are going to be a whole lot easier. and if we get this wrong, the economy is going to go south. it's going to be much more difficult for us to balance our budgets and deal with our deficits because if the economy's not strong, that means more money's going out and things like unemployment insurance and less money is coming in in terms of tax receipts and it just actually makes our deficit worse. so we really need to get this right. i can...
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so if you're trying to get deficit reduction the affordable care act actually helps with deficit reduction. it doesn't hurt it. so, you know, again i think this is just posturing right now. we have so much common ground. this is the scary thing. we agree on the taxes shouldn't go up on 98% of the american people. we agree that these across the board spending cuts should not go in effect because they woxquld damage the economy. all we're fighting over now is tax rates on the top 2% of earners. this seems like something seems as if also based on what i've read and listening to the president and speaker boehner, it also seems as if both sides are trying to position themselves alluded to bases, trying to position themselves to save some face with their respective bases. trying to figure out how they keep the rates intact but also generate more revenue. you alluded to it. i want to put up a screen here. a full screen but "the new york times" reporting today, one suggestion being floated increasing taxes, keeping the rates the same meaning, for instance, that the entire of someone making 400,000
so if you're trying to get deficit reduction the affordable care act actually helps with deficit reduction. it doesn't hurt it. so, you know, again i think this is just posturing right now. we have so much common ground. this is the scary thing. we agree on the taxes shouldn't go up on 98% of the american people. we agree that these across the board spending cuts should not go in effect because they woxquld damage the economy. all we're fighting over now is tax rates on the top 2% of earners....
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the deficit is large. where's the rest of his plan? he has to show us his plan. house members would like to extend all current tax rates permanently. that brings certainly the to the economy. get a subsequent bill for the sequestration. work with president obama in a good faith effort to get pro growth tax reform. that would work. we've got the ryan budget that spends $7 trillion less than the president's budget. that would restore the confidence that the economy needs. >> greta: senator, thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: with time running out, you would think that president obama would call the house and senate leaders and ask them to the oval office, but apparently something is wrong with the white house phones. he's trying to outsource the job to you. take a look. >> i'm asking americans all across the country to make your voice heard. tell members of congress what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to you. call your members of congress, write them an email, post it on their facebook walls. you can tweet it using the #my2k. >> greta: why doesn't the president pick
the deficit is large. where's the rest of his plan? he has to show us his plan. house members would like to extend all current tax rates permanently. that brings certainly the to the economy. get a subsequent bill for the sequestration. work with president obama in a good faith effort to get pro growth tax reform. that would work. we've got the ryan budget that spends $7 trillion less than the president's budget. that would restore the confidence that the economy needs. >> greta: senator,...
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the spending deductions have not reduced our deficit. we still have, the president still has $1 trillion plus deficit if this next fiscal year. he had it for the past four and he has it for the next four if he follows the same course. that is not a road to prosperity or job creation. or economic vitality. >>neil: i want to be clear, congressman. republicans do not appear to be on the same page on this, as republicans, are you saying your view, hiking the rates or adjusting in any way is felt universally by your colleagues? we know a couple of them have bolted from that but you are going to hold in lock step on that position? >>guest: there is a universality in our conference with 240 of us in the house of representatives so there are 240 different opinions but by and large the majority of us firmly believe raising tax rates is counterproductive and doesn't solve the problem. >>neil: always a pleasure, sir, thank you. take the money and run? not quite but quite a run of companies hiking dividends. and disney is the latest and it will prob
the spending deductions have not reduced our deficit. we still have, the president still has $1 trillion plus deficit if this next fiscal year. he had it for the past four and he has it for the next four if he follows the same course. that is not a road to prosperity or job creation. or economic vitality. >>neil: i want to be clear, congressman. republicans do not appear to be on the same page on this, as republicans, are you saying your view, hiking the rates or adjusting in any way is...
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this is the deficit in '09 when president obama took office and inherited the deficit from president bush. over the next three years president obama cut the deficit by $200 billion just from last year to this year, so the deficit isn't growing. it is shrinking by a lot. seriously. the folks at investors business daily calculated the deficit is now falling faster than at any time since the end of the second world war and falling so fast is might not be able to fall any faster without sending us back into recession. when president obama started, the deficit equalled 10% of the whole economy and now it equals just 7%. so go ahead, boggle your uncle's mind with this
this is the deficit in '09 when president obama took office and inherited the deficit from president bush. over the next three years president obama cut the deficit by $200 billion just from last year to this year, so the deficit isn't growing. it is shrinking by a lot. seriously. the folks at investors business daily calculated the deficit is now falling faster than at any time since the end of the second world war and falling so fast is might not be able to fall any faster without sending us...
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some believe he should have supported and promoted simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal. he has not bmeetin rtele to significantly expand economic opportunity. how has obamaarased the tobsls leadership? he attempts to communicate his vision and proposal but he has appeared so often on television that overeublosure was occurrinr he is a capable public speaker but his speeches lack the spirit he showed during his first campaign. he seems to lacversthe coficunication skills of fdr, reagan or clinton. obama frequen-by comes across as a teacher or a motivator and not a motivator. he fails frequen-by to excite and motivate the broad public he must reach though he is not doing badly in the current campaign. there is a recent article in a sunday edition of the newshorves times entitled to obama plays to win in politics and everything else. the author paints a picture of obama that gives greater insight into him and how he might function as a second term president. i am quoting from that article. four years ago barack obama seemed as mps he might be a deliberate professor of a lea
some believe he should have supported and promoted simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal. he has not bmeetin rtele to significantly expand economic opportunity. how has obamaarased the tobsls leadership? he attempts to communicate his vision and proposal but he has appeared so often on television that overeublosure was occurrinr he is a capable public speaker but his speeches lack the spirit he showed during his first campaign. he seems to lacversthe coficunication skills of fdr, reagan or...
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i think that if they don't do something about the $16 trillion deficit, i think the bottom is going fall out of the dollar, totally. >> greta: what has been the -- when you asked to be paid in gold, the answer was what? >> they got, quoted opinions from a progressive pragmatic judge says the constitution says states will pay their debts in gold and silver doesn't mean that. they said that hey, they will wire my payment, my payroll, by wages, they'll wire where ever i want them to. i intend to wire where they'll send me gold and silver dollars for pay. >> greta: so that is taken care of? it's got an extra step or they can write you a check and you can go buy gold if you wantedded. you can get your gold, you can get your gold, right? >> yes. i'll end up getting gold and silver coins, yes. >> greta: anyone else agreeing with you? joining suit? anyone else in the legislature? >> there are a few others agreeing with me, but none have come out and been willing to put their, expose themselves as much. >> greta: what do you attribute the decline to? do you blame it on washington? is there anythi
i think that if they don't do something about the $16 trillion deficit, i think the bottom is going fall out of the dollar, totally. >> greta: what has been the -- when you asked to be paid in gold, the answer was what? >> they got, quoted opinions from a progressive pragmatic judge says the constitution says states will pay their debts in gold and silver doesn't mean that. they said that hey, they will wire my payment, my payroll, by wages, they'll wire where ever i want them to. i...
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this agreement cuts the deficit by $1 trillion. we look forward to the work on the committee to make sure that the millionaires and billionaires and people with those yachts will have tax benefits, but that is in the mix of thinking what is going on. mr. schumer will talk about this in a moment with the jobs agenda that we have. we will make sure that america pays their bills, and make certain that all americans -- make sure that all americans pay theirs. >> we have averted a crisis in america has avoided defaulting on the national debt. the fears and concerns of americans across the board were considered by this congress, and as a result we have come together on a bipartisan basis. the down payment on the deficit included on this bill comes primarily from working families and those that were struggling in america. we will bring everyone together for shared sacrifice. we have a particular responsibility there. with $1.50 trillion, to make sure that when we do this, we do this in a fair and just manner for all of the people in ameri
this agreement cuts the deficit by $1 trillion. we look forward to the work on the committee to make sure that the millionaires and billionaires and people with those yachts will have tax benefits, but that is in the mix of thinking what is going on. mr. schumer will talk about this in a moment with the jobs agenda that we have. we will make sure that america pays their bills, and make certain that all americans -- make sure that all americans pay theirs. >> we have averted a crisis in...
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defected from norquist in july when he agreed to a tax increases in exchange for a grand bargain on the deficit. the other republicaa gang member, senator mike ray powell reportedly indicated earlier that he is open to a range of possible tax rates. now senate is lindsay gramm, john mccain, bob barker along with house majority leader eric cantor and congressman peter king are rebuking the norquist anti-tax pledge, a new gang of six saying in recent days they would break that pledge to look for new ways to generate revenue republican congressman peter king said bluntly, he is not ruling anything out. >> i agree entirely. a pledge to sign 20 years ago, 18 years ago. i think everything should be on the table. lou: two of the senator's not only reversing themselves on raising taxes but also rethinking their opposition to a susan rice secretary of state apartment. senators gramm and mccain both revising their political positis in a bit -- at a breathtaking pace. joining a summer we are calling the republican reset, the fiscal cliff, of course, and the coup in egypt, the president seemingly in search
defected from norquist in july when he agreed to a tax increases in exchange for a grand bargain on the deficit. the other republicaa gang member, senator mike ray powell reportedly indicated earlier that he is open to a range of possible tax rates. now senate is lindsay gramm, john mccain, bob barker along with house majority leader eric cantor and congressman peter king are rebuking the norquist anti-tax pledge, a new gang of six saying in recent days they would break that pledge to look for...
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bond yields will rise in the cost of financing current deficits will increase. there won't be much cash available to move into government investments for the future. the bridges research in the basic sciences, public schools better equipped for the 21st century and so on. it will mean less spending on technology, less capital available to current listing companies and less capital for ashburn or second to go public on our market. the decline in american ingenuity would be a consequence and over time would be a decline of our position in the world. as all prices adjust, market forces could reach a point where investors refuse to buy u.s. treasury bonds. we see investors to the potential of the realizations now to risk. in 2007, over $1 trillion have flowed in to bomb an even greater amount out of the lease. a lack of clarity, on equity capital gains and dividends act as a deterrent or equity investment. when trying dollars moving into fixed income were fixed income is basically pain zero. that shows a fundamental aversion to risk, which is new to our society and
bond yields will rise in the cost of financing current deficits will increase. there won't be much cash available to move into government investments for the future. the bridges research in the basic sciences, public schools better equipped for the 21st century and so on. it will mean less spending on technology, less capital available to current listing companies and less capital for ashburn or second to go public on our market. the decline in american ingenuity would be a consequence and over...
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we want to raise -- deficit. we want to raise taxes, cut defense -- we're willing to do all four of those things. megyn: marc, how does taking money out of medicare and giving it to obamacare cut spending? [laughter] >> it doesn't. >> that's not what i said, megyn. that's not what i said. >> it doesn't cut spending. they cut money out of medicare and put it to fund obamacare, but president obama has not put forward a plan to deal with the entitlement crisis. he put forward no plan on social security, medicare or medicaid, which he himself admits is what is driving the debt and driving the real fiscal crisis. so they have put forward no plans whatsoever, and when paul ryan and others have put forward our plans, they've pilied them for it. i'm glad president obama's meeting with simon. i'd love for him to meet with john john boehner. [laughter] megyn: simon's got a lot of good ideas. were you in that meeting with the unions and the progressive groups that the president had -- >> no. i was in a different meeting. th
we want to raise -- deficit. we want to raise taxes, cut defense -- we're willing to do all four of those things. megyn: marc, how does taking money out of medicare and giving it to obamacare cut spending? [laughter] >> it doesn't. >> that's not what i said, megyn. that's not what i said. >> it doesn't cut spending. they cut money out of medicare and put it to fund obamacare, but president obama has not put forward a plan to deal with the entitlement crisis. he put forward no...
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. >> how do we move our country forward and reduce the deficit? by creating jobs and growing our economy. not by cutting programs that families rely on most. we need senators udall to continue to stand up for us. >> jennifer: do you think that democrats are going to feel as pressured by the unions as republicans feel pressured by grover norquist? >> organized labor is the best organized, most effective strongest arm on the left in this country. they are a great ally for the democratic party and so, of course the democrats will feel pressure from labor. they are also going to feel pressure from -- >> jennifer: are they going to compromise? >> we'll find out. the democrats aren't one party in lock step. have conservative democrats liberal democrats. so the unions can't force every democrat to do something. and there's pressure also from the middle. you said pressure from the right. pressure from the left. but there's pressure from the middle. a democratic interest group that has some swaining called third way released polling that said hey, look, th
. >> how do we move our country forward and reduce the deficit? by creating jobs and growing our economy. not by cutting programs that families rely on most. we need senators udall to continue to stand up for us. >> jennifer: do you think that democrats are going to feel as pressured by the unions as republicans feel pressured by grover norquist? >> organized labor is the best organized, most effective strongest arm on the left in this country. they are a great ally for the...
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that is why we've had trillions of dollars in trade deficits with china. managers of the trade policy with china, democrats and republicans, i think are guilty of real political malpractice on a large scale. >> greta: what is the chinese viewpoint of what they're doing vis-a-vis north korea? >> almost any country, chinese goes back than our memory. because of the great war, many of the invasions of china have come by bypassing the great wall, along north korea. and... also, the japanese intend to conquer asiana started in korea. so china, korea is an extremely sensitive point. what i think the chinese would like best is an outcome would be a nonnuclear, peaceful, north korea. they would not want a unified korea because it would seem that the high-tech korea and yellow ribbon with modern weapons would resurrect his storeal cal threats in their minds. also for them, the korean war as the image they thought as a symbolic significance. they took on the united states when they were very weak and came out from their point of view, achieving their effectiveness.
that is why we've had trillions of dollars in trade deficits with china. managers of the trade policy with china, democrats and republicans, i think are guilty of real political malpractice on a large scale. >> greta: what is the chinese viewpoint of what they're doing vis-a-vis north korea? >> almost any country, chinese goes back than our memory. because of the great war, many of the invasions of china have come by bypassing the great wall, along north korea. and... also, the...
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the financial times ranks each country with the same criteria applied to ministers including budget deficit government debt and employment rights over it saudi arabia top the ranking one of the lowest levels of state accounting for seven point five percent of g.d.p. followed by russia with public debt at about nine point six percent of the nation's g.d.p. while the economy has grown four percent with an unemployment rate just above five percent and took place with official state debt levels at about twenty percent of g.d.p. take the bell for morgan stanley believes russia is in a good position when compared to the developed world. around the world in the developed markets you have budget deficits of five to ten percent in most countries and you have debt to g.d.p. ratio at seventy eighty ninety percent of g.d.p. and even higher in russia you have. under ten and the government has about twenty five percent of g.d.p. so from the oil from. creditor to the rest of the world and it's running a surplus at the moment so russia looks in a much better position from a budget point of view nearly ever
the financial times ranks each country with the same criteria applied to ministers including budget deficit government debt and employment rights over it saudi arabia top the ranking one of the lowest levels of state accounting for seven point five percent of g.d.p. followed by russia with public debt at about nine point six percent of the nation's g.d.p. while the economy has grown four percent with an unemployment rate just above five percent and took place with official state debt levels at...
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we had a significant deficit. but the long term looked possible if we could solve the sshort-term problems. that was easier. in 1990, the parties were competitive, but they were not polarized. in those days, the bad guys were the opposition. today, they are the enemy. there is a world of difference between those two words. yes, we had some distrust. also, we had the ability to work with each other and believe each other and it made life easier at that time. there were other divisions in the congress. the party polarization today tends to make it republicans versus democrats all the way. there were other sub factions in those days. the budgeteers verses the appropriators, etc., that cut across some of those party lines. the most important difference, in my judgment, is that there was less outside pressure upon the negotiators from the radio and tv extremists, lobbyists, core constituencies, users of social media, etc. mostl they did not get 500 e-mails every minute in their office. they did not have people featurin
we had a significant deficit. but the long term looked possible if we could solve the sshort-term problems. that was easier. in 1990, the parties were competitive, but they were not polarized. in those days, the bad guys were the opposition. today, they are the enemy. there is a world of difference between those two words. yes, we had some distrust. also, we had the ability to work with each other and believe each other and it made life easier at that time. there were other divisions in the...
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. >> let's make sure that revenue is an integral part of deficit reduction. yes, from my side of the table bring entitlement reform into the conversation. social security, set aside. doesn't add to the deficit but when it comes to medicare and medicaid, protect the integrity of the program but give it solvency for more and more years. martha: alabama republican jeff sessions is the ranking member on the senate budget committee. senator sessions good morning. good to have you here today. >> martha, thank you. martha: a lot of talk this morning after these sunday shows and watching both sides talk about this fiscal cliff about who seems to be moving and in what direction. what are you hearing, what are you hearing from lindsey graham who says, quote he is willing to break that pledge on taxes under certain circumstances? what are they really saying? >> i'm not sure what they're saying. there's a lot of this talk going on. i don't know who is speaking for the republican party. the house of representatives where you have a substantial republican majority but the
. >> let's make sure that revenue is an integral part of deficit reduction. yes, from my side of the table bring entitlement reform into the conversation. social security, set aside. doesn't add to the deficit but when it comes to medicare and medicaid, protect the integrity of the program but give it solvency for more and more years. martha: alabama republican jeff sessions is the ranking member on the senate budget committee. senator sessions good morning. good to have you here today....
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plan to capitol hill today. >> i am very open to a fair and balanced approach to reduce our deficit. >> reporter: republicans want to know, does that approach include the government spending less money? >> we've put revenue on the table, as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts. >> reporter: white house negotiators are meeting with boehner and top republicans and democrats. executives from big companies heard the plan wednesday at the white house. at least one thinks there could be a deal here. >> if i were involved in a negotiation like this and everybody was purporting to be where they are, i would say that an agreement was reachable. >> i'm hopeful, but i wouldn't put me anywhere near optimistic. >> reporter: one conservative republican is now suggesting that while negotiations continue on whether the wealthy to pay more, congress should stop tax rates from going up on the middle class now. >> we're not going to raise taxes on those people, and i think we ought to go ahead and make that abundantly clear to everybody and take it out of the negotiation. >> reporter: bott
plan to capitol hill today. >> i am very open to a fair and balanced approach to reduce our deficit. >> reporter: republicans want to know, does that approach include the government spending less money? >> we've put revenue on the table, as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts. >> reporter: white house negotiators are meeting with boehner and top republicans and democrats. executives from big companies heard the plan wednesday at the white house. at least...
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we can't afford to run 1.2 to $1.5 trillion deficits every year. and we can't afford to bring obama care on to the books, because we know it has already doubled in its predicted cost. it was -- >> congresswoman, forgive me for cutting you off. but final question, yes or no, you think you'll be on the hill come christmas talking about this? >> oh, no, no. i think what you're going to do is see us find a way to move the bulk of this, to get past the fiscal cliff to address that, and then to have a good discussion. i'm pleased to welcome the president, the democrats to the discussion. this is something some of us have been trying to get done for many years. and i'm delighted to see that they're finally putting their attention on it. we have to get the fiscal house in order. >> thank you so much. live for me on the hill today, appreciate it. >>> today, business titans. tomorrow, the business guy trying to take his job. that's right, president obama and mitt romney will be meeting at the white house for lunch in the private dining room, no, no. no camer
we can't afford to run 1.2 to $1.5 trillion deficits every year. and we can't afford to bring obama care on to the books, because we know it has already doubled in its predicted cost. it was -- >> congresswoman, forgive me for cutting you off. but final question, yes or no, you think you'll be on the hill come christmas talking about this? >> oh, no, no. i think what you're going to do is see us find a way to move the bulk of this, to get past the fiscal cliff to address that, and...
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we have a trillion dollar deficit, two-thirds of dodd-frank hasn't been written, etc., etc.. i haven't heard any solutions i think you are right you what to publish online. i think the transparency is great. but we have a real situation. this fiscal cliff especially when added to what's happening. what can be done positively to get in the deadlock where you stand up the taxes. >> yes we have a huge problem. a 5 trillion-dollar debt. >> we keep talking about the fiscal recovery being different. you go back into the century and they all recouped a lot faster than this one. obama and hoover both reacted in the same way to the recession which was more spending, higher taxes and regulations and obama and hoover and fdr who never did anything. i think there's a very serious damage done to the economy and to the world economy and the approaches bush took running up to this and that obama is put on steroids. this is in the middle of many problems to continue to not be ended. and the was a very big problem. to be much more serious about spending and it was in that way before. >> how d
we have a trillion dollar deficit, two-thirds of dodd-frank hasn't been written, etc., etc.. i haven't heard any solutions i think you are right you what to publish online. i think the transparency is great. but we have a real situation. this fiscal cliff especially when added to what's happening. what can be done positively to get in the deadlock where you stand up the taxes. >> yes we have a huge problem. a 5 trillion-dollar debt. >> we keep talking about the fiscal recovery being...
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the deficit reduction talks weighed on wall street. the dow lost 9 points while the nasdaq gave up 9 points. brick-and-mortar sales reported increased sales to kick off the holiday shopping season. home prices in most major american cities are on the rise. a survey showed prices rose 3% in september. the bangladesh garment factory where 112 people were killed produced clothes for disney and walmart and sears. the ap discovered clothing and records connected to the retailers inside the remains of the factory. walmart says it stopped doing business with the factory after learning the facility was deemed high risk. this morning three factory officials were arrested on suspicion they locked the workers inside the building. the surge in cyber monday shopping on monday means big business for shippers. federal express expects to deliver 280 million packages during the holiday season. to handle the extra work fedex says they hired 20,000 seasonal employees. and pop star adele is rolling in the dough or at least her record company is. her album
the deficit reduction talks weighed on wall street. the dow lost 9 points while the nasdaq gave up 9 points. brick-and-mortar sales reported increased sales to kick off the holiday shopping season. home prices in most major american cities are on the rise. a survey showed prices rose 3% in september. the bangladesh garment factory where 112 people were killed produced clothes for disney and walmart and sears. the ap discovered clothing and records connected to the retailers inside the remains...
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rule out sensible spending cuts that must be part of any significant agreement that will reduce our deficit. and mr. bowles himself said there is no serious discussion of spending cuts so far. and unless there is, there is a real danger of going off the fiscal cliff. listen, going off the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and will cost american jobs. republicans have taken action to avert the fiscal cliff by passing legislation to stop all the tax hikes. to replace the sequester, and pave way for -- pave the way for tax reform and entitlement reform. and we're the only ones with a balanced plan to protect the economy, protect american jobs, and protect the middle class from the fiscal cliff. but without spending cuts and entitlement reforms, it's going to be impossible to address our country's debt crisis. and get our economy going again and to create jobs. so right now, all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap. it needs leadership. it's time for the president, congressional democrats, to tell the american people what spending cuts they're really willing to m
rule out sensible spending cuts that must be part of any significant agreement that will reduce our deficit. and mr. bowles himself said there is no serious discussion of spending cuts so far. and unless there is, there is a real danger of going off the fiscal cliff. listen, going off the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and will cost american jobs. republicans have taken action to avert the fiscal cliff by passing legislation to stop all the tax hikes. to replace the sequester, and pave way...
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>>> a balanced approach to deficit reduction is the right approach. i would say that the president made clear he will not sign a bill that extends the bush era tax cuts for those making more than 250,000 dollars. >> it's time for the president to present a fan that rises above the reckless and the radical voices on the hard left that goes beyond the talking points of the campaign rail. that has a realistic chance of passing the congress. the time for campaigning is over. time for the president to lead. >> bret: some of the back-and-forth on the fiscal cliff and negotiations that are upcoming. if the white house gets its way. all tax cuts on high income earners are let go, expiring, the bush era tax cuts, this is what you are looking at. according to the treasury department it costs the federal government 9.69 billion a day to run the government. the expiration would be $8.24 billion a year on the top earners. roughly $82.4 billion a year. $824 billion in ten years. that would per year run the federal government for 8.5 days a year. that is if the tax
>>> a balanced approach to deficit reduction is the right approach. i would say that the president made clear he will not sign a bill that extends the bush era tax cuts for those making more than 250,000 dollars. >> it's time for the president to present a fan that rises above the reckless and the radical voices on the hard left that goes beyond the talking points of the campaign rail. that has a realistic chance of passing the congress. the time for campaigning is over. time for...
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they're important for deficits and debt. but the real question is will people's salaries and incomes grow before they pay their taxes? host: on the republican side they argue you have to extend the tax cuts for everybody otherwise small businesses will be hurt. how did small businesses do under president clinton? guest: small businesses did well under president clinton. the dot-com boom and the peace dividend at the end of the cold war, and relatively good economic policies lifted economic growth for everyone. the fact that clinton had higher income taxes and that helped the deficit, that helped quite a bit. but it was overall economy, overwhelmed, the strength of the overall economy overwhelmed the tax policy questions of the 19 0s. host: ok. from nebraska, a democratic caller. caller: hello. are you there? host: we're listening. caller: ok. my question was on the tax increases. the tax increase for the top earners of the country, over $250,000, does this include businesses making $250,000 or is that just two individuals th
they're important for deficits and debt. but the real question is will people's salaries and incomes grow before they pay their taxes? host: on the republican side they argue you have to extend the tax cuts for everybody otherwise small businesses will be hurt. how did small businesses do under president clinton? guest: small businesses did well under president clinton. the dot-com boom and the peace dividend at the end of the cold war, and relatively good economic policies lifted economic...
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. >>> another step back to closing california's budget deficit. the steal of the state's first pollution permits brought in much less money than expected. the governor and lawmakers projected three auctions would raise $1 billion. but now analysts project it will only bring the state around $216 million. the governor's january budget could reflect the lower projections. >>> illegal marijuana growers appear to be growing green. investigators say growers around the country are turning to solar power to remain off the grid and avoid deduction. police in new mexico said it's a growing crime and have busted many illegal marijuana operations that use solar panels. authorities in california say they're patrolling the wine country for solar panel thefts. they believe they're being used to grow pot. >>> in the sierra, this year's black friday turned out to be fairly white. here is a look at conditions on the roads and on the slopes. >> reporter: these snowmen were hanging out in mud and grass, and the skiers and snowboarders were headed higher up. >> it's
. >>> another step back to closing california's budget deficit. the steal of the state's first pollution permits brought in much less money than expected. the governor and lawmakers projected three auctions would raise $1 billion. but now analysts project it will only bring the state around $216 million. the governor's january budget could reflect the lower projections. >>> illegal marijuana growers appear to be growing green. investigators say growers around the country are...
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it would give us more time than next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down the deficits. >> white house spokesman jay carney broke new ground declaring today the president does want spending cuts, listed in his budget plan to be included in the fiscal cliff talks. >> hold up the budget and say democrats on capitol hill vote for including the spending cuts in this deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. that is not what they are doing now. should they include those? >> yes. i think that, and i know that democrats accept that this has to be it, a balanced package, that includes revenues and cuts and spending cuts. >> months ago, the budget carney held up was voted down by the entire senate. 99-0. meaning no democratic support. earlier, dick durbin insisted spending cuts from entitlement reform will not be part of the talks while pelosi spell noncommittal whether the cuts will be in the deal. still, the administration is trying to breathe life to the talks, with vice president biden shopping at new costco in washington, picking up a big screen tv and apple pie and insisting he is o
it would give us more time than next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down the deficits. >> white house spokesman jay carney broke new ground declaring today the president does want spending cuts, listed in his budget plan to be included in the fiscal cliff talks. >> hold up the budget and say democrats on capitol hill vote for including the spending cuts in this deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. that is not what they are doing now. should they include those?...